Grant of Share Options under Share Option Scheme

Hong Kong, Shanghai, & Florham Park, NJ: Wednesday, August 12, 2020: Hutchison China MediTech Limited ("Chi-Med") (Nasdaq/AIM: HCM) announces that on August 11, 2020, it granted share options under the Share Option Scheme conditionally adopted by Chi-Med at its Annual General Meeting on April 24, 2015 (the "Share Option Scheme").  The scheme limit of the Share Option Scheme was refreshed on April 27, 2020. 

Chi-Med granted share options under its Share Option Scheme to employees to subscribe for a total of 1,155,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 231,000 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") (each equating to five Ordinary Shares) subject to the acceptance of the grantees.  Details of such share options granted prescribed are as follows:

About Chi-Med

Chi-Med (Nasdaq/AIM: HCM) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company committed, over the past twenty years, to the discovery and global development of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases.  It has a portfolio of nine cancer drug candidates currently in clinical studies around the world and extensive commercial infrastructure in its home market of China. For more information, please visit: www.chi-med.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.  Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.  For further discussion of these and other risks, see Chi-Med's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and on AIM.  Chi-Med undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this announcement, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.

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